My research is on helping software developers work with software by exploring high-level techniques that address concrete technical challenges.  My current focus is on program analysis, especially but not exclusively static analysis, and its applications to bug detection, security, performance (e.g., automatic datastructure selection), and safety and reliability of autonomous systems, in collaboration with the Robotics group.  My other research interests include domain-specific languages, programming language design and implementation, refactoring, and performance analysis.

My educational activities focus on teaching techniques for the automatic analysis of software properties.  Previously I have also been involved in courses on systems programming, programming languages, compilers, and discrete structures, as well as a variety of applied project courses on software development.  My courses generally involve some degree of active learning, including research tools that support active learning.